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Hymnus FG 2.12 English
Hymnus FG 2.12 English
Make leaflets or presentations the easy way. To accomodate the large amount of symbols in one font
or “character set” we made heavy use of “special cha-
You don’t always need an extra program to set music
racters”, most of which may not be directly accessible
on your computer. Over 95 percent of all single-voice
on your keyboard.
tunes in a song or hymn book can be entered directly
in your word processor or presentation program (Po- Most word processors contain a menu item “insert /
werPoint™ or other) using Hymnus FG. No need to special character”. That’s the obvious but rather awk-
mess around with embedding objects or inserting gra- ward method to get them.
phics.
There is an easier way via the Alt key left to the space
In addition to the usual musical notes and symbols, key and the numbers on the number pad of your key-
Hymnus FG contains quarter notes without stem and board:
double whole notes (with bars left and right) to set
Press and hold the “Alt” key, enter a zero on the num-
psalm tones, hymni and liturgical tunes. Hence the
ber pad and then the three-digit code you find in the ta-
name.
ble below. Now release the “Alt” key. That’s it.
Read the „First steps“ on the reverse to get started.
The table contains characters (like the y to get a six-
To accomodate the large amount of symbols in one font teenth note e) or codes (like 195 for an f sharp sign) to
or “character set” we made heavy use of “special cha- get the note or symbol you want. Sometimes both, so
racters”, most of which may not be directly accessible you have the choice. Your keyboard has no Ä? Use
on your keyboard. Alt-0196 instead (for a g sharp accidental).
\Notes:
b c' d' e' f' g' a' b' * c'' d'' e'' f'' g''
Symbols:\
4th note - crotchets b c d e f g a h / 159 i j k
Half note - Minim B C D E F G A H / 96 I J K
Full note - Semibreve m n o p q r s t u v w
Semibreve with bars M N O P Q R S T U
th
8 - quavers 217 Ù 218 Ú 219 Û 220 Ü 221 Ý 222 223 ß 224f à/á 226 â 227 228
th
16 - semiquavers 216 x y z 123 { 124 | 125} 126 ~ 130 131 132
8ths with beams ↑ 169 170 171 174 176 ° 177 178 ² 179 ³ 180 253 ý
8ths with beams ↓ 243 ó 181 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
Breve 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 145 254
stemless 4th 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ;
# sign 191 192 À 193 Á 194 Â 195 196 Ä 197 198 199 200 È 201 É 202 Ê 203
b sign 204 Ì 205 Í 206 Î 207 208 209 210 Ò 211 Ó 212 Ô 213 214 Ö 215
Natural sign 231 232 è 233 é 234 ê 235 236 ì 237 í 238 î 239 240 241 242 ò
dot 161 162 162 163 163 165 165 166 166 167 167 168
* b' left / right of the slash: note with downward / upward stem
full rest half rest quarter rest eighth 16th treble key bass key
V W X Y Z ! ?
Measures, bars:
Slurs:
Slurs connecting two notes are on 244 ô, 246 ö, 249 ù, 250 ú, 251 û und 252 ü.
Slurs for three notes are on 245, 247 und 248. Triplets: 255.
Enter the slur after the first note. Then add hyphens or = for empty staff as needed before entering the next note(s).
Writing Music with Hymnus FG